The Art of Blessing Your Food

Nick Polizzi – For millennia, we humans have had our most important conversations, forged our strongest, alliances, and made our biggest decisions at the same location. The dinner table. In every corner of the globe, foodfamily traditions have been passed down through recipes, ceremonial serving items (Grandma Pearl’s set of fine china or Uncle Hazzba’s after-dinner hookah), and stories shared over meals. The sacred before-meal prayer — offering thanks for the bounty and abundance that feeds and nourishes our bodies — in the many forms it takes across cultures, has been a grounding reminder for even the smallest family members about the importance of being grateful for what we have.

Sadly, I see these rituals becoming less common in our busy modern lives. Families gather around the television instead of the hearth, individuals interact with their devices instead of each other, or food is grabbed from a package while on the run. Meanwhile, many are longing for more connection to each other, to the Earth, and to spirit. Continue reading

The Power of Balance and Balancing Power

lifeAA Metatron – Illumination is mine, expansion is thine. Through these teachings, your Earth plane becomes enlightened with the pure Source energy.

The fields of Transcendent Thought are a reality that can bring new levels of Harmony and Joy into your life. As you access new fields of high-frequency connection, your evolution as Source Energy Ever Expanding into the New Dimensions of Earth increases.

Through your personal work in aligning the chakras, you have been growing more deeply connected to the spiritual core of your being. This then allows you to use this focus on the chakras as a meditation tool to bring more alignment into every area of your life.

When you open yourself to the currents of Divine Light from Source energy through your Crown chakra in meditation, you prepare your body to receive greater frequencies without damage or upheaval to your nervous system. In fact, meditation with Light is one of the most soothing general tonics you can use for an overstimulated nervous system, which so many of you energetically sensitive souls are experiencing.

The gifts you receive from this ancient and angelic form of meditation are far greater than they appear in the moment. You are tapping into levels of Divine Grace that you have never experienced.

Far more transcendent awareness becomes available when you allow yourself time to sit in these beautiful fields of Golden Light. It is the realm of the Angels working in your life to bring Divinity into your daily practice and uplift your life on all levels.

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Razor-Sharp Truth and Compassionate Grace

octoberSarah Varcas – The second half of October is characterized by dynamic, forthright energy which requires careful handling. As always, it’s our choice how we use it, but if we allow it to dictate the shape of things to come we may become embroiled in some unpleasant situations best avoided. If, however, we muster as much conscious awareness as possible we can draw upon this energy to power our intentions, fuel our commitment and tackle things that usually overwhelm us before we’ve even begun!

15th – 23rd October sees a conjunction between Mars and Pluto in Capricorn, supercharging our ability to get things done and break through obstacles which previously hindered progress. Consider your most important goal at the moment – that thing which sets your heart aflame – and then commit, during this week, to focusing intensely upon it, doing what must be done to progress. Think of this alliance between Mars and Pluto as an energy upgrade: sharp and intense, incisive and efficient. Where our minds usually wander it keeps them focused; where our emotions tend to cloud things it brings clarity; where effort usually wanes it sustains and then magnifies it.

A word of warning though: Mars and Pluto aligned in this way have a reputation for causing trouble, and it’s not an entirely unfair one! Tempers can run high, frustrations bubble over and power games flourish. After all, one person’s goal may not be the ideal outcome for someone else and we may encounter greater obstacles as we commit more deeply to our soul-desires. Which is why sensitivity is also needed now, as other people may not share our vision but instead see change as a threat to their status quo.

Is this a reason to abandon our aspirations? No. Is it a reason to initiate dialogue? Yes, if necessary and possible. For the more we carry others with us, and allow them to carry us too, the better for everyone.

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Discovering the Flow Magic of an Awakened Life

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Lori Ann Lothian – In the first year after my abrupt awakening, when people asked me to define this crazy enlightenment shift, I had my answer all wrapped up with a pretty bow.

It was sleek and simple, the perfect true response: “It’s the death of the self you thought you were, the knowing of what you really are and as a result, the end of suffering.”

That is more or less still true. Suffering created by believing my thoughts, for instance, has largely been replaced by what I called “The Death of the Narrator.” This simply means that the inner critic and nattering commentator has been dealt a fatal blow.

Add to this mental shift, the new reality of emotional fluidity. Emotions are so mobile that even the difficult feelings are welcome to come and go as they please. Anger, frustration, sadness and fear wander through the house of awareness, mingle a bit, and then leave.

Why? Because post awakening, these reactive emotional states are not offered up a buffet  of regrets and angst to feast on. Emotional reactions feed off the past and have little purchase in a now-centric consciousness.

The New Sub Clause

Now, deep in the forest of altered-state living, I’ve got a new addition to the description of awakening. (And let’s face it, a real awakening feels like a cross between a brain-damaging stroke and a psychedelic trip–yep, we’re not in Kansas anymore Toto).

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Death, Dying, Grace and Peace

understandJennifer Hoffman – Although we understand the spiritual principles around death and its timing, on a human level there is far less clarity and understanding. And when that friend or loved one dies by their own effort, the situation becomes yet more muddled and unclear. What level of despair could take them so far into their own darkness that they cannot find a single spark of light? Why didn’t they tell us they were in trouble and how could we not have been more aware of their situation? In the challenging times we live in, the thin line between hope and despair thins considerably and sometimes only one choice emerges for someone, that it’s time to quit.

We can never know the full meaning, scope, and purpose of a soul contract, which is between an individual and Source. Every life has a purpose and every purpose is always fulfilled, no matter when death happens. For those who are left behind with unanswered questions, we think it’s a life unfulfilled but that isn’t true. It has fulfilled its mission and purpose, but not in ways we understand.  We can have some influence over someone’s life choices when we can show them a different example but even then, the final choice is always theirs.

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